tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post3843088752023958287..comments2018-03-15T04:34:37.321-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Demand Monique Davis' ResignationAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-15145274579222399832008-04-10T00:07:00.000-06:002008-04-10T00:07:00.000-06:00'I see the quote you provided as being taken out o...'I see the quote you provided as being taken out of context.'<BR/><BR/>I gave the context. The problem is that he lumps all 'Negroes' together - he's doing exactly what Davis did, generalising about a group from the actions of an individual. <BR/><BR/>I am an atheist. I believe Monique Davis should resign for what she said. I'm just warning people that making Sherman into some sort of human rights champion will backfire spectacularly. Concentrate on what she said, why it's wrong. Don't make him a martyr. And remember that atheists may be right - and on the side of the non-existent angels - but it doesn't mean we can't be dicks, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-18905207096963671882008-04-09T15:25:00.000-06:002008-04-09T15:25:00.000-06:00I used the contact form on the Democratic Party we...I used the contact form on the Democratic Party website to demand her resignation.Doug S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-40836799070861999612008-04-09T13:47:00.000-06:002008-04-09T13:47:00.000-06:00AnonymousI see the quote you provided as being tak...<B>Anonymous</B><BR/><BR/>I see the quote you provided as being taken out of context. The phrase, in context, occurred with a discussion of Martin Luther King, who used the term "negroe" repeatedly in his speeches and writings.<BR/><BR/>Though, it is almost certainly the case that critics will be more than happy to take this sentence out of context for political reasons. Somehow, their religion does not prevent them from bearing false witness when it is useful to do so. In this case, false witness is borne by taking a statement out of context in order to present the speaker as saying something other than what the speaker said.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-25904087892044884482008-04-09T01:11:00.000-06:002008-04-09T01:11:00.000-06:00What she said was terrible, but we've got to be ca...What she said was terrible, but we've got to be careful not to identify too closely with Rob Sherman, who said in reply to this (http://www.robsherman.com/):<BR/><BR/>'Now that Negroes like Representative Monique Davis have political power, it seems that they have no problem at all with discrimination, just as long as it isn't them who are being discriminated against.'<BR/><BR/>However you gloss that, even if you think it's fair comment that a victim of discrimination ought to be sensitive to other discrimination ... that's not just a slip of the tongue, he might as well have said 'speaking as a racist'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-69815601574553802252008-04-08T21:16:00.000-06:002008-04-08T21:16:00.000-06:00ericI really do not understand your topic.Davis is...<B>eric</B><BR/><BR/>I really do not understand your topic.<BR/><BR/>Davis is the one who wanted Shermer 'expelled' from the room. Davis is the one who said of atheists that 'you have no right to be here'. Davis is the one who said, 'it is dangerous for children even to know that your philosophy exists.'<BR/><BR/>And yet atheists are supposed to be apologetic and submissive about the fact that a representative of the people said that they ought not to have any right to testify before the legislature?<BR/><BR/>We should submit to the idea that we may be ignored and even belittled by a government that is as much our government as anybody else's?<BR/><BR/>I truly do not understand.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-86875968171348339402008-04-08T20:45:00.000-06:002008-04-08T20:45:00.000-06:00Forget it. Davis' rant was disgraceful, but how wo...Forget it. Davis' rant was disgraceful, but how would demanding her resignation be any better? Think about it. Expelled! No Faith Allowed! That's esactly how the religio-fascists want to portray us to the public.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413789821598754515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-14122736211390736962008-04-08T18:06:00.000-06:002008-04-08T18:06:00.000-06:00I'm not against the idea of her resigning, I just ...I'm not against the idea of her resigning, I just greatly doubt it's going to happen. She's a long-term incumbent and atheists don't have the political clout to force her out of office if she refuses to resign. In fact, I think making the effort would just cause her to dig in her heels. A more modest endeavor would have a greater likelihood of getting her to recognize her mistake and think more carefully in the future.Ebonmusehttp://www.daylightatheism.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-15989062941722487852008-04-08T11:36:00.000-06:002008-04-08T11:36:00.000-06:00Her contact information can be found here: http://...Her contact information can be found here: http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=1148<BR/>Springfield Office: <BR/>241-E Stratton Office Building <BR/>Springfield, IL 62706 <BR/>(217) 782-0010 <BR/>(217) 782-1795 FAX <BR/> <BR/>District Office: <BR/>1234 West 95th Street <BR/>Chicago, IL 60643 <BR/>(773) 445-9700 <BR/>(773) 445-5755 FAX <BR/>Cook County <BR/><BR/>Contacting the Democratic Party can be done through: http://www.democrats.org/contact.htmlEneasznoreply@blogger.com